HOSPITAL chiefs have expressed regret over their failure to meet national targets for admitting patients to beds.
The Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has blamed a busy New Year period for not hitting a 90 per cent national standard.
Patients should wait no more than two hours for a bed once a decision has been taken by A&E to admit them.
But figures for January show the trust only achieved it in just over 65 per cent of cases.
More than 20 per cent had to wait two to four hours, with around 15 per cent waiting more than four hours.
"The trust regrets that, in January, some patient's admissions through A&E did not meet the national standard of 90 per cent," said a trust spokesman.
"This was due to winter pressures reflected in a particularly busy New Year period.
"This will be one of the priority areas for the trust over the next 12 months and a new national target."
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